Squirrels gone wild

[BillyBa]

Put this bran feeder up at the beginning of bow season...2 weeks ago it was working fine. This is what I found Friday night..... Anybody have any solutions to keep the squirrels from doing this?? It hangs from a tree with a rope...

[peterp63]

Go metal.

How does that feeder work? Spinner?

[FCoDxDart]

I had the exact same feeder with the exact same problem. I put a metal lid on it and duct taped up the holes really well. then put some flex seal over it. No issues since.

The metal lid comes down the side by about 6 inches and overhangs by about 3.

[flywise]

Might try to attach chicken wire to it some how. But those little fellas are pretty crafty

[db@100]

Have you tried a good pellet rifle? That seems to work well around my house.

[Louis]

Metal feeder

[kruppa24]

Dang they worked that thing over

[BillyBa]

Squirrel

FCoDxDart where did you find the metal lid to fit this thing.

[BillyBa]

peterp63 It has a counter balance on the motor. It actually vibrates and shakes the bran and corn out. It was working great until those little arses tore it up . New lid from OnTime Feeders was $12.00 + shipping

[texaspyro21]

You could get a metal feeder funnel and hang it upside down on the wire between the tree and feeder. Something like this

[braggjr]

Metal drums!

[Lefty]

Put this bran feeder up at the beginning of bow season...2 weeks ago it was working fine. This is what I found Friday night..... Anybody have any solutions to keep the squirrels from doing this?? It hangs from a tree with a rope...

Yep the one I got from you looks almost like that now thanks to the squirrels

[dustoffer]

We had some small home made feeders from plastic buckets that the squirrels chewed---but we got some of those ghost peppers, ran them thru a blender, with a bit of water. Then we painted the stuff on the buckets--stopped the chewing and also made us cautious about scratching our noses, rubbing our eyes, or taking a leak in the woods.

[cva34]

Over years I tried plastic drums etc and every once in a while 1 would make it a year or 2..Had one with hole chewed in side as I lowered it a coon jumped out hole...guess coon thought he found home(his bed was a 6" layer of corn so he had snacks too) so yea like said Metal is answer

[N.DaWoods]

Only good solution is to get a metal barrel and components. They are relentless. Good luck.